Prosecutors launch probe into ex-minister's funds irregularities

Prosecutors launch probe into ex-minister's funds irregularities

MAEBASHI, Japan - Special investigators from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office enter the home of Kenichiro Orita, a former secretary to former trade and industry minister Yuko Obuchi, in the town of Nakanojo, Gunma Prefecture, on Oct. 30, 2014, as they launched a formal investigation into irregularities in the political funds reports of groups related to Obuchi.

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